Geoffrey Spicer-Simson Military person

Commander Geoffrey Basil Spicer-Simson DSO (15 January 1876 – 29 January 1947) was a Royal Navy officer. He served in the Mediterranean, Pacific and Home Fleets. He is most famous for his role as leader of a naval expedition to Lake Tanganyika in 1915, where he commanded a small flotilla which defeated a superior German force during the Battle for Lake Tanganyika.

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Geoffrey Spicer-Simson
Birth dateJanuary 15, 1876
Birth place
Hobart
Date of deathJanuary 29, 1947

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Military person

award
Distinguished Service Order
Order of the Crown (Belgium)
military operations
World War I
Battle for Lake Tanganyika

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